In yet another packed ISTE 2013 highlighted session, Richard Culatta, acting director at the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, discussed the challenges schools…
Well before the days of Siri, functional educational robots, and touch technology, futurists and technology enthusiasts made predictions that ended up being eerily close to some of today’s…
The sheer volume of new learning apps being created every day poses a key challenge for educators looking to teach with mobile devices, as many teachers say they…
Gaming--educational gaming in particular--has supporters and skeptics. During the ISTE 2013 opening keynote, speaker Jane McGonigal, , a gaming researcher and author of Reality is Broken: Why Games…
ISTE 2013 kicks off on June 23 in San Antonio, and this year's conference promises informative and interactive sessions on mobile devices, digital learning tools and strategies, the…
Strong leadership to guide policy, and a voice to speak for education stakeholders nationwide, are essential to discussions about school reform, according to the International Society for Technology…
“Redefining horizons: Encouraging students’ passion to achieve” is the theme for this year’s International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference—but in what looked like a scene that…
When things are going well, it might seem like a strange time for a leader to step aside—but according to one of educational technology’s most notable figures, that’s…
In just three years, the number of high school students who have access to online learning has tripled, while twice as many middle school students are now learning…
What better place to use social networking technologies to connect with fellow educators and school leaders than at the nation's largest ed-tech conference? That's what was happening at…
The second day of the International Society for Technology in Education’s (ISTE) annual conference featured an hour-long presentation and question-and-answer session with Karen Cator, the U.S. Education Department’s…
The 32nd annual International Society for Technology in Education conference kicked off June 26 with a lesson relating brain function to teaching and learning, and attendees explored how…
Thousands of educators, technology coordinators, administrators, and tech industry reps from school districts, government agencies, and companies around the world are expected to attend the International Society for…
Not only do global learners create global leaders, but the world's future depends on education focusing on creative and innovative science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning, said…
Which came first...the chicken or the egg? I sometimes wonder about that when I'm in the exhibit hall at educational technology conferences like ISTE. When you look around…
Here I am at a session about Google Wave (presenters: Tim Stack, Utah Education Network, Jared Covili, and Mitchell Jorgensen). I have always been intrigued by this technology,…
Live ISTE Blog - One of my favorite quotes comes from Uncle Ben of Spider-Man fame... "With great power, comes great responsibility." I'm pretty sure that Stan Lee…
Just 8 percent of high school teachers said that technology is fully integrated into the classroom; and the technology that is available is primarily used by teachers, and…